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Declaration of Independence - Explain Concepts
By Christine Pacinello, Ed.D.
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Note from the author:
Close Read of the Declaration of Independence
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Directions
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1. Using your dictionary, look up the following words.
2. Add definitions in the space provided.
3. Use each word in an
original
sentence
Question 1
1.
Impel
Question 2
2.
Use
impel
in a sentence:
Question 3
3.
endow
Question 4
4.
Use
endow
in a sentence:
Question 5
5.
derive
Question 6
6.
Use
derive
in a sentence:
Question 7
7.
consent
Question 8
8.
Use
consent
in a sentence:
Question 9
9.
usurpation
Question 10
10.
Use
usurp or usurpation
in a sentence:
Question 11
11.
absolute
Question 12
12.
Use
absolute
in a sentence:
Question 13
13.
dissolve
Question 14
14.
Use dissolve in a sentence:
Read the following excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and answer the questions below.
Answer all questions in your own words!
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the
political bands which have connected them with anothe
r,...a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Question 15
15.
What “political bands” are the writers referring to in paragraph above?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.
Question 16
16.
Look at the paragraph above.
List three rights the Declaration says cannot be taken away.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed.
That whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute
new Government.
Question 17
17.
According to the paragraph above, where do governments get their power?
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and
usurpations, all having, in direct object, the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these
States.
To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
Question 18
18.
According to the paragraph above, what was the king’s purpose in taking away the colonists’ rights?
(We) solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are
, and of right ought to be
Free and Independent States; that they
are
Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown,
and that all political connection between them and that State of Great Britain,
is
and ought to be
totally dissolved.
Question 19
19.
Read the paragraph above.
When does the Declaration say the colonies would be independent?
